Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007
Documentary
TV Movie
1h 17m
Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low-budget horror films for RKO Studios. (imdb)
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Elias KoteasElias Koteas is a Canadian actor perhaps best known for his film portrayal of Casey Jones in the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies and for the character Thomas Daggett in the American film The Prophecy. Koteas had a role in the Denzel Washington thriller Fallen as the demon-possessed serial killer Edgar Reese. He appeared in John Hughes' Some Kind of Wonderful, Atom Egoyan's The Adjuster, Exotica, Ararat... (wikipedia)
After serious deliberations about entering the priesthood - he entered a seminary in 1956 - Martin Scorsese opted to channel his passions into film. He graduated from NYU as a film major in 1964. Catching the eye of producer Roger Corman with his 1960s student films (including co-editing Woodstock (1970)), Scorsese directed the gritty exploiter Boxcar Bertha (1972). Mean Streets (1973) followed in 1973 and provided the benchmarks for the Scorsese style
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Directed by:
Kent JonesWriter:
Kent JonesStarring:
Elias KoteasElias Koteas is a Canadian actor perhaps best known for his film portrayal of Casey Jones in the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies and for the character Thomas Daggett in the American film The Prophecy. Koteas had a role in the Denzel Washington thriller Fallen as the demon-possessed serial killer Edgar Reese. He appeared in John Hughes' Some Kind of Wonderful, Atom Egoyan's The Adjuster, Exotica, Ararat... (wikipedia)
After serious deliberations about entering the priesthood - he entered a seminary in 1956 - Martin Scorsese opted to channel his passions into film. He graduated from NYU as a film major in 1964. Catching the eye of producer Roger Corman with his 1960s student films (including co-editing Woodstock (1970)), Scorsese directed the gritty exploiter Boxcar Bertha (1972). Mean Streets (1973) followed in 1973 and provided the benchmarks for the Scorsese style
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